FUNDING WEB SITES
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Awards for All is a Lottery grants programme aimed at local communities. We award
grants of between £500 and £5000 in a simple straightforward way.
This site tells you how to apply.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England,
distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. Find out
about funding streams and how to apply. Also has a section on jobs.
www.artswales.org.uk
Arts Council of Wales - the National Assembly sponsored public body which is
the principal funders of the arts in Wales.
www.cibfunding.org.uk
The Charities Information Bureau website provides Help & Advice Web
Pages for community groups and voluntary organisations who are seeking
funding.
www.scottisharts.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council - one of the main channels for Government funding for the
arts in Scotland
www.artscouncil-ni.org
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland web site. Details of all the
awards it makes. Includes funding for, art criticism, young artists,
arts & disability, travel,
art & artists abroad, artists in education, community artists, plus more.
www.hlf.org.uk
The Heritage Lottery Fund distributes money raised by the national Lottery to
support all aspects of heritage in the UK, from historic buildings and museums
to archives, nature conservation and oral history. It provides both capital grants
(for buildings and equipment) and time-limited activity grants. Heritage includes
people as well as places, and so our funding also covers cultural and local traditions.
All the details are on this site.
www.community-fund.org.uk
The Community Fund distributes money raised by the Lottery to support charities
and voluntary groups. They also make grants to UK agencies working abroad. They
give grants mainly to help meet the needs of those at greatest disadvantage in
society, and also to improve the quality of life in the community. All details
on this site, plus job opportunities section.
www.lsc.gov.uk
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for funding and planning
education and training for over 16-year-olds in England. Find out more on this
site including a section for `youth' with latest news both nationally and regionally.
www.nof.org.uk
The New Opportunities Fund is a Lottery Distributor created in 1998 to award
grants to education, health and environment projects throughout the UK. Many
of our grant programmes focus particularly on those in society who are most disadvantaged.
All details on this site, plus job opportunities section.
www.trustfunding.org.uk
Search the DSC trusts (Directory of Social Change) database anytime, anywhere,
using their new internet-based service. It contains all the same data as the
Grant-making Trusts CD-ROM, but will be regularly updated throughout the year.
Subscribers will be sent e-mails alerting them when updates are made.
www.dsc.org.uk
The Directory of Social Change helps voluntary and community organisations to
thrive through advice on: how to raise the money they need; how to manage their
resources to maximum effect; how to influence the right people; what their rights
and responsibilities are; how to plan and develop for the future. They also speak
out on issues affecting the sector through the media, public platforms and membership
of government and advisory groups working for and within the sector.
www.welcomeurope.com/index.asp
Discover more than 400 EU Grants and Loans from all Major European Institutions
such as the European Commission, the EBRD, the EIF, the Council of Europe.